Austria
EU visa centre in Moldova to issue Belgian visas after 1 October
September 23, 2009Starting from 1 October 2009, Moldovan citizens will be able to apply and receive short-term visas for Belgium at the EU Common Visa Centre at the Hungarian embassy in Chisinau. Last week, Finland also announced plans to join the centre starting 1...
Luxembourg joins Chisinau-based common visa issuing center
June 02, 2009Moldova's citizens will be able to apply for and get visas for Luxembourg at the Chisinau-based common visa issuing centre, after this country on 1 June joined the centre placed at the headquarters of Hungary's embassy in Moldova. Luxembourg will...
Barack Obama: Utmost Precautions Needed to Combat Swine Flu
April 29, 2009By Michael Bowman U.S. President Barack Obama says schools should consider closing if cases of swine flu are even suspected among students or faculty. Mr. Obama spoke just hours after the United States recorded the first known death outside Mexico...
Three killed in Austrian train crash
December 29, 2006Vienna (dpa) - An express train killed three people standing on railway tracks in western Austria Friday, the Austrian Press Agency reported. The accident took place at around 09:00 GMT when an Intercity train en route from Lochau to Bregenz in Vorarlberg...
Vienna points the way to "gender mainstreaming" signs
December 14, 2006Vienna (dpa) - In a campaign promoting Vienna's efforts at "gender mainstreaming", women are to feature on emergency exit pictograms, trams will have signs showing baby-carrying men, and female silhouettes will grace signposts for construction...
Captive Natascha Kampusch was sexually abused - Images
September 08, 2006Natascha Kampusch, the Austrian girl held captive in a windowless cell below her abductor’s house for eight years, said she had sexual contact with her kidnapper, Wolfgang Priklopil, the Austrian police said on Sunday. Natascha Kampusch was...